Glover is founder
of Ithaca HOURS local currency, Citizen Planners of Los Angeles, the
Philadelphia Orchard Project and other programs. Author of
six books.

"The following proposals are offered to the Occupy
movement, to restore this American republic to control by its full
electorate; to free its markets for the employment and enjoyment of all
workers; to transfer control of money to its public and to establish
responsible banking; to secure homes from seizure; to assure quality
education and medical care for all; to refresh America's soil, water
and air for the health of endless generations; and to rebuild its
cities toward balance with nature." [2] November
2011

"Community organizers are motivated to promote the dignity of the
nation, the beauty of people and planet. They don't tolerate
injustice. History depends more on such common folks than on
presidents and generals. Democracy works because of their
generosity." [4] January
2011

"Located in a low-income Philadelphia neighborhood, the Patch Adams
free clinic will provide community-based health care that is
genuinely non-profit, preventive, humane and fun. It is a
refuge for doctors and nurses who want time to heal patients.
It is a refuge for patients who want to be treated with dignity." [5] June
2010

"As usual, the future will be different. Philadelphia's responses to
global warming and market cooling, high fuel and food prices, health
unsurance, mortgages, student debt and war will decide whether our
future here becomes vastly better or vastly worse. Whether we're the
Next Great City or Next Great Medieval Village." January
2009

"All national currencies are deep in debt-- indebted to nature--
because human economies extract from nature faster than we
replenish." November 2007

"The world is coming to a beginning rather than an end. We have the
knowledge, tools, creativity, and capital to proceed. Our challenge is
merely to begin where we live, with whatever capabilities are at
hand." --Metropolitan Ecology syllabus
2007

"Action without theory is reckless; theory without action is
worthless." August 2006

"When conservatives don't conserve and liberals don't liberate, Greens
become centrists, because we directly address the central concerns of
average Americans for healthy food, clean water and air; for secure
housing; for reliable health care and satisfying work. By contrast,
Democratic and Republican party leaders are dangerous extremists,
indulging extremes of violence and greed, converting global wealth and
human decency into chaos." --Green Party Presidential candidacy,
2004

"I believe the 2004 campaign should speak to America foremost about
grassroots alternatives to corporate destruction... The Green Party
message should emphasize rebuilding, to inspire hope rather than
cynicism. Railing against fascism is necessary but by itself
insufficient. We reverse fascism ultimately most forcefully by
pioneering better directions that can lift us all above the corporate
treadmill. While Greens are horrified at corporate and consumer
trashing of planet and society, our message is primarily confident and
affirmative. Greens foster grassroots nonprofit and worker-managed
enterprises that repair nature. Greens can govern to literally rebuild
America's cities and suburbs, such that neighborhoods become
energy-efficient; productive of food and fuel; respectful of water;
safe and fun to live in. We can restore regional agriculture, rural
economies, and habitat." --Green Party Presidential candidacy, 2004

"The
era of road widening in our narrow valley will end. The era of
trollies, buses, bicycles, pedicabs, cargo bikes and pedestrian amenity
will accelerate. Center city will become home for thousands of humans
rather than cars, to the benefit of local businesses. The era of
poisoning our children with automobile exhaust will end. The era of
worrying about paying for health care will be replaced by free and
at-cost care through mutual aid clinics. The era of pooping into clean
water will yield to clean, safe composting toilets. The era of energy
waste will be replaced by energy efficiency. The era of throwing
America into landfills will end, as Ithaca becomes the nation's first
100% precycling and recycling city. The era of consumerism will
transform into an unprecedented celebration of creativity. The era of
discarding the young, particularly kids of color, will be replaced by
skills and work that give them pride and power. Likewise senior
citizens will find here lifelong appreciation for their capabilities.
The era of police respect for civil liberties will expand respect for
police. The development of creative work for all will reduce
crime." --Mayoral candidacy 2003

"An empire can do a lot of damage as it flails deeper into quicksand.
Wrapping ourselves in flags does not pull us free. Permanent war
justifies permanent unquestioned dominance by military and industrial
interests." --Why the United States Will Lose this War,September 24, 2001

"Without the expansion of a Mutual Enterprise economy responsible to
communities and nature, this present boom will bust, creating a Greater
Depression than that of the 1930's." December
1997

"War fans spit on the principles of the American Revolution when they
charge obediently wherever their president points our flag.
Many flag-wavers know little about the U.S. Constitution, but can
explain soap operas and football in detail." March
1991

"While dissecting the universe scientists discovered that uranium, a
metal invisibly boiling, can boil water to spark electricity. They
believed the 'peaceful atom' would give cheap clean power. Recent years
cause many to doubt this." December
1988

"Growth is a good thing, up to about seven feet tall, then it starts to
get inconvenient. People eight feet tall bang their heads,
their backs ache, their circulation slows, they spend more for food and
clothes, and when they fall it really hurts. Who can they
make love to? ---The same is true of cities. After a certain
size they get more frustrating than exciting: People collide and anger
turns to crime. Streets become dangerous, housing costs more,
tax rates rise, schools teach less, structures dwarf people, air smells
stale, water fouls and traffic slows no matter how wide the
roads." September 1987

"San Carlos [Nicaragua] is piled on a hill by the river where the road
ends at the jungle. Along three mud streets stand old board
houses. Tin roofs bark at the wind. Trillions of green bugs
clog the sky and carpet everyting like moss. Chandeliers of
spider webs cover the light bulbs. Thousands of bats can't
clear the air. At night grillos make loud glubbering sounds,
in classic tropical movie style. Women sweep the dirt from
the dirt in front of their homes, and walk to church. Dugout
canoes carry men to fish and fish to market. The town swarms
with kids, chickens and pigs." June
1986

"These new [green] laws, organizations and personal styles show
understanding that, no matter how super our computers, we will never
invent substitutes for food, water and air, that our nation will
progress or erode with its soil, that ultimately the land is the law of
the land." February 1987

"If we want a better future, we need to invent it." "Los Angeles: A
History of the Future" first edition, April
1983

"Los Angeles is an army camped far from its sources of supply, using
distant resources faster than nature renews them." December
1982

"Americans are everywhere very decent, magnificent and
ignorant. They are generous and loveable; they hog the earth
and blight the land. In every hill and holler, highland,
forest, meadow and plain they will continue to mingle and to learn, by
intelligent transition or headlong catastrophe, to bind their lives to
the resources of the land." --Walk Across the USA1978